a Saudi executioner beheaded a Syrian in the northern province of Jawf, after he was convicted of

a Saudi executioner beheaded a Syrian in the northern province of Jawf, after he was convicted of smuggling drugs into the kingdom. Ali Derbalah was arrested as he was "smuggling a large amount of banned pills into the kingdom," the Ministry of Interior said in a statement carried by the official SPA, without specifying the type of pills he was accused of smuggling.